简介：ThispaperprovidesacomprehensiveintroductiontothemajorprogressintransitionandturbulencestudiesinChinaoverthepastthirtyyears.Despitetheauthor’sbestefforts,therearesomeunavoidableomissions.Weexpectthatwiththecontinueddeepeningofturbulenceresearch,Chinesescholarswillmakeincreasingcontributionsinthisfield,whichwillcertainlyhavestronginfluenceontheestablishmentofaChinaSchoolofTurbulence.

简介：Thefiniteelementmethodhasbeenconsideredasoneofthemostsignificantengineeringadvancesofthetwentiethcentury.Thiscomputationalmethodologyhasmadesubstantialimpactonmanyfieldsinscienceandalsohasprofoundlychangedengineeringdesignproceduresandpractice.Thispaper,mainlyfromasolidmechanicsperspective,andtheSwanseaviewpointinparticular,describesverybrieflytheoriginofthemethodology,thensummariesselectedmilestonesofthetechnicaldevelopmentsthathavetakenplaceoverthelastfiftyyearsandillustratestheirapplicationtosomepracticalengineeringproblems.